For example, a Grade 3 student whose ELA/literacy overall scaled score is 2500 scored at the 80th percentile. This student performed better than 80% of the students who took the Grade 3 ELA/literacy test.1

1These data are derived from data aggregated across the Smarter Balanced members that submitted de-identified student results data for the 2015–16 assessments. The following Consortium members provided results data: Bureau of Indian Education, California, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.